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W. H. TIVY & L. EHRLIGH. ROLL PAPER HOLDBRYAND CUTTER.

No. 408,551. Patented Aug. 6, 1889.

WILLIAM H. TIVY AND LEO EHRLIOI-I,

P TENT OFFICE.

OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS TO THE AMERICAN ROLL PAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,551, dated August 6, 1889.

Application filed May 22, 1888. $erial No. 274,706. (No model.)

To all whom it may. concern.-

Be it known that we, vVILLIAM H. TIV Y and LEOEHRLICH, both of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Roll- Paper Holders and Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- 1 Figure I is a front elevation. Fig. II is an end view, and Figs. III and IV are diagrams.

Our invention relates to an improvement in devices for holding and cutting wrappingpaper; and our invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter, fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a suitable base, to which ends 2 are secured. The ends are notched at 8 to receive the roll 4:, upon which the paper 5 is wound. The ends are provided with extensions 6, to which the knife 7 is secured; I

8 represents a spring-frame secured over the roll and which acts to give the proper tension to the rotary movement of the roll.

10 represents a cam pivoted at 11 to the extensions 6 of the ends 2, just back of the knife 7. It is to this thatour present invention relates. The preferable form of this cam in cross-section or end View is shown in Figs. III and IV. The end 12 of the paper is passed between the cam and the knife, as shown. As the paper is pulled out when a piece is wanted, the cam is moved 7 to the position shown in Fig. III, and when the paper is cut off the cam falls back to the position shown in Fig. IV. In the former position it allows The arm 13 is so located that in the act of putting his fingers back of the knife to get hold of the end of the paper the person presses the arm 13 from the position shown in Fig. IV toward the position shown in Fig. III. In doing this he moves the cam and forces the end of the paper downward (by the friction between the cam and knife with the paper interposed) from the position shown in Fig. IV to the position shown in Fig. III, thus presenting it so that it can be easily grasped by the fingers. The face of the cam 10 is preferably serrated or roughened, as shown at 14, for the purpose of its face taking a more secure hold of the paper. The ends 3 form a suitablesupport for the roll of paper, knife, and cam; but a different form of support may be used.

We claim as our invention 1. In a roll-paper cutter, the combination of a suitable support for the roll, knife secured to the support, and a cam pivoted to the sup.- port behind the knife and bearing on the -latter for confining the end of the paper after cutting, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a roll-paper cutter, the combination of a suitable support for the roll, knife senaled in the support back of the knife and bearing on the latter for confining the end of vthe paper after cutting, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a roll-paper cutter, the combination of a suitable supportfor the roll, knife secured to the support, cam journaled in the support back of the knife and bearing on the latter for confining the end of the paper after cutting, and an arm 13 on the cam, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM H. TIVY.

LEO EHRLIOH.

In presence of EDwD. S. KNIGHT, J os. WAHLE.

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